SB 11.9.20
Devanāgarī
तामाहुस्त्रिगुणव्यक्तिं सृजन्तीं विश्वतोमुखम् । यस्मिन् प्रोतमिदं विश्वं येन संसरते पुमान् ॥ २० ॥
Text
tām āhus tri-guṇa-vyaktiṁ sṛjantīṁ viśvato-mukham yasmin protam idaṁ viśvaṁ yena saṁsarate pumān
Synonyms
tām—themahat-tattva;āhuḥ—they say;tri-guṇa—the three modes of material nature;vyaktim—manifesting as the cause;sṛjantīm—creating;viśvataḥ-mukham—many different categories of cosmic manifestation;yasmin—within themahat-tattva;protam—strung and bound;idam—this;viśvam—universe;yena—by which;saṁsarate—undergoes material existence;pumān—the living being.
Translation
According to great sages, that which is the basis of the three modes of material nature and which manifests the variegated universe is called the sūtra or mahat-tattva. Indeed, this universe is resting within that mahat-tattva, and due to its potency the living entity undergoes material existence.